Origen's Use of Ammonius in Commentary on Matthew [Part Thirty One]

Work	Passage	Greek textual indicators of Ammonian-style pericope / unit use	Strength as witness for Ammonius-style unit thinking
Origen, Commentary on Matthew	16.17	Origen explicitly collates one narrative unit across three gospels: «Ἴδωμεν δὲ περὶ τῆς Βηθφαγὴ μὲν κατὰ Ματθαῖον, Βηθανίας δὲ κατὰ τὸν Μᾶρκον, Βηθφαγὴ δὲ καὶ Βηθανίας κατὰ τὸν Λουκᾶν». The repeated κατὰ + evangelist framing treats Matthew, Mark, and Luke as coordinate witnesses to the same τόπος. Origen preserves divergence (Bethphage vs Bethany vs both) and reasons from their coexistence, rather than harmonizing by priority. The unit is defined by scene-location («πρὸς τὸ ὄρος τὸ καλούμενον Ἐλαιῶν») and then interpreted allegorically because multiple gospel attestations are already aligned. This presupposes a stable, shared pericope recognized across gospels rather than continuous, single-gospel reading.	Very strong (9/10) — a clear example of pericope-level synoptic coordination, functionally equivalent to Ammonian sectioning even without explicit tables.